Wildcats at Chico State, on Friday, attempted a mini-triathlon at the Wildcat Recreation Center.

At ToughCat participants swim, bike and run the track, for 45 minutes each. It’s not a competition, so there’s not necessarily a winner. Students are just encouraged to come and try the event to see how far they can go. Jossie Hernandez, a program assistant at the WREC, helped coordinate the event.

“Usually, we don’t get a huge turnout,” Hernandez said, “to be inclusive as possible, we encourage everyone to come out and test themselves.”

That is exactly what Damian Lopez went out to do.

“I just wanted to challenge myself and see what I was truly capable of,” Lopez said. “I impressed myself. I thought I was going to quit early on, but I was determined to finish.”

During ToughCat, the WREC had a table full of fruit, trail mix and Naked juice next to the pool for participants when they were done with each exercise. After the whole event each participant, no matter how they performed, received a goodie bag filled with an energy bar, jelly beans, a WREC towel and more.

The WREC has an event every couple weeks. To keep up with them all, students can look at the school event calendar or go on the WREC app.

Justin Jackson can be reached at [email protected], or on Twitter @JustJack0176